History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0031 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Election of 1876
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The idea
In eighteen seventy-six the Democrat Samuel Tilden led the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote and held one hundred eighty-four electoral votes, one short of victory.
In practice
Twenty disputed electoral votes from Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida and Oregon.
Where people slip
The anchor puts Tilden's lead near three hundred thousand votes; Digital History puts it at two hundred fifty thousand.
Your place on the trail
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